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Where You Can Buy Go First Dice

Publications

2012 article in The Guardian
GAMES MAGAZINE, December 2012. Much like the newspaper article above, this one is very much not math-focused; it is meant to introduce the concept of Go First Dice to laypeople.
Paper published in January 2023 issue of Recreational Mathematics Magazine
Paper in the December 2023 edition of American Mathematical Monthly

Videos

A rather rushed talk I gave at G4G15 (Feb 2024) about the current improvements made in GFD research.
A talk I gave at the 12th Gathering for Gardner in 2016
Go First Dice get a brief mention near the beginning of this video (where they are actually used to determine who goes first in the game being demonstrated).
A video detailing my 3D printed set for 5-players (d20+d36+2d48+d54)
James Grime speaking about his involvement with Go First Dice research
Here is a YouTube video made by a trio of other mathematicians who have been investigating this same question on their own.
James Grime hosts a Numberphile video about the Go First Dice Problem
Here's a fellow who gives a favorable review about these dice on BoardGameGeek

Other

Eric's original Go First Dice webpage; you may find a few more bits of trivia on this page that has not been tranferred to this wiki.
Perl script that checks for permutation fairness of a dice configuration
A more detailed Perl script that checks place fairness and permutation fairness
Go First Dice entry at BoardGameGeek
Webpage about the geometry of fair dice by Ed Pegg, Jr.

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